Neckscarf



(No Model.)

W. A. LAVERTY.

i NEGKSGARP.

BT01133293. Patented-.July 29, 1890.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM A. LAVERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NEcKsoARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,293, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed June 6, 1890. Serial No. 354,437. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAH A. LAvERTY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have in vented certain Improvements in Neckscarfs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of neckscarfs which are known tothe trade under the name of l `our-in-hand7 scarts, and which consist of a body portion usually of from two and a half to three inches wide and a neckband about an inch in widtlnthe latter being passed around the neck, and the body portion being then folded around the free front end of the neckband to form a loo p through which the 'free end of the said body portion is then tucked.

The object of my invention is to make a neckscarf of this character more cheaply than usual, and in such manner that it can be kept in presentable condition about twice as long as usual. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents the body portion of a scarf constructed in accordance with myin vention; Fig. 2,the neckband of the scarf; Fig. 3, a View showing` the band applied to the body.

Neckscarfs of the character to which `my invention relates are usually made of one piece of material-that is to say, the neckband is integral with the body portion of the scarfand this method of manufacture is attended with two objections, the first being the expense, due to wasteful cutting of the material, and the second and main objection `being that the tie or knot is always formed from the sameportion ofthe body of the scarfthat is to say, from the portion at and near the neckbanddso that when this portion of the scarf becomes worn, as it always does long before the other portions of the scarf have become unpresentable, the entire scarf must be discarded.

In carrying out my invention, therefore, I make the body A and neckband B of the scarf separate from each other, and form al. each end of the body A of the scarf a tapering-pocket a, one end of the band B being` provided with a strip I), of metal or other rigid material, inserted in the end of the band, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, this strip being of a width greater than the width of the pocket at the extreme end of the scarf, so that when the neckband is pulled into the pocket the stiffened end of the same will jam in and stretch the contracted end of said pocket so as to cause the outer face of the same to lie snugly against the outer face of the band. (See Fig. 3.)

IVhen the body and neckband of the scarf are made separate from each other, as set forth, the scarf can be made more economically than when made in one piece, as there is less waste of material, and when one end of the body becomes worn the neckband can be detached and applied to the opposite end of said body, so that either end of the body of the scarf is available for making the knot, and the scarf can therefore be kept in presentable appearance about twice as long as usual.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A neckscart' of the hand-knotted or fourin-hand type, consisting of a body portion having a tapering pocket at each end and a neckband separate from the body, and having at one endatransverse stitfener wider than the narrow end of the pocket, whereby, when the neckband is drawn into the pocket the narrow end of the same will be stretched and flattened, and thus caused to lie snugly against the face of the neckband, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLIAH A. LAVERTY.

Iitnesses:

EUGENE ELTERICH, HARRY SMITH. 

